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AI turns out to be an effective administrator for academics

Workplace Insight

Researchers Maximilian Koehler, PhD candidate at ESMT, and Henry Sauermann, professor of strategy at ESMT, explore the role of AI, not as a “worker” performing specific research tasks such as data collection and analysis, but as a “manager” of human workers performing such tasks.

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Study Says Over Half of Older Workers Suffer Involuntary Job Loss

Small Business Labs

Since 1992, this study has followed a nationally representative sample of about 20,000 people from the time they turn 50 through the rest of their lives. Key quote on those who experienced involuntary job loss: "Only one in 10 of these workers ever again earns as much as they did before their employment setbacks, our analysis showed.

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Three year hike in the number of one-to-one and ad hoc virtual meetings

Workplace Insight

Its paper The Evolution of Hybrid Work: A Three-Year Analysis based on data from around 48 million meetings held in 2020, 2021, and 2022 measured engagement trends over time and studied how the workforce is adapting to remote-first and hybrid collaboration.

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Early detection of COVID-19 in the workplace

Workplace Insight

A Thermo Fisher Scientific manufacturing site in Erlangen, Germany, has managed to avoid this situation, thanks largely to the installation of air sampling equipment that flags any positive cases in its vicinity. If the sample comes back positive, managers can assess the risk and decide what precautions should be taken. Newman, C.M.,

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Exploring the gender pay gap in Germany: a closer look at salary inequality

Workplace Insight

The analysis shows that women, who make up 44% of the participants, earn an average monthly salary of 2,329 euros for full-time work. of the sample) also shared their salary information, with an average salary of 1,898 euros. Interestingly, individuals who identify as diverse (although they comprise only 0.5%

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

Why you should (or shouldn’t) work with freelancers After learning about Fishkin’s past hiring experiences, we decided to do our own analysis on the subject — comparing full-time marketing employees to outsourced agency and freelance talent. Ask for referrals (and work samples). Slowly introduce them to the team and clients.

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A third of workers think their jobs are at risk from automation

Workplace Insight

Yet, the majority of occupations with the highest probability of automation, according to ONS analysis, are among the lowest paid. CIPHR polled a representative sample of 1,031 employed British adults to find out whether they thought their job could become automated in the future (they were also asked to disclose their exact job titles).

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